bluejester

It's actually cool, artsy and brilliant all at once, but I didn't get it at first blush either, here is my attempt to break it down.

Every living thing in this design has a colored beam of light by it. The bird, the girl, the cat, even the bug has a distinct color shining in it. However, the bug and the cat are sedintary and the girl--who should be active and involved in life--is playing with the non-living electronic thing. But the robot, who apparently has no unique color because he is not "alive" is taking in the moment and admiring the bird, which is also the only other active "living" thing in this piece. (It beautifully contrats the girl's lack of taking part in life)

It's a bit of a heady shirt if my interpretation is right. It is totally on theme, and I will totally buy this and frame it if it wins.

Did I get it right Robbie?

Edit: I hope I don't sound snobbish, because it did take me a minute or two to realize that it was on theme, because at first I wasn't sure. But the more I look at it, the more I love it.

Katanaangel

I rarely comment and I (obviously) haven't bought many shirts, but last year I had a friend pass way. He was born with a heart problem, and one he had many, many surgeries for over his life. He went in for his "final" surgery to fix an issue that he had lived with all his life. The surgery went very well. He was in the recovery stage, out of ICU, and then suddenly, abruptly, died one afternoon. He was only 28.

For his funeral I made a senbazuru (one thousand paper cranes), with the help of a lot of folks. It's how I got to really know his family, and how they got to know me. He was sort of a black sheep, so this really makes me chuckle in so many varying ways. Fingers crossed this goes all the way to the top.

skirochester

I rarely comment and I (obviously) haven't bought many shirts, but last year I had a friend pass way. He was born with a heart problem, and one he had many, many surgeries for over his life. He went in for his "final" surgery to fix an issue that he had lived with all his life. The surgery went very well. He was in the recovery stage, out of ICU, and then suddenly, abruptly, died one afternoon. He was only 28.

For his funeral I made a senbazuru (one thousand paper cranes), with the help of a lot of folks. It's how I got to really know his family, and how they got to know me. He was sort of a black sheep, so this really makes me chuckle in so many varying ways. Fingers crossed this goes all the way to the top.

wow... sorry to hear about your friend, but thanks for sharing the story. sounds like you were a good friend. I'm sure making a thousand paper cranes wasn't easy!!

Katanaangel

skirochester wrote:wow... sorry to hear about your friend, but thanks for sharing the story. sounds like you were a good friend. I'm sure making a thousand paper cranes wasn't easy!!

Easy, no. I had very little sleep that week coming up to the funeral, but once I got there it was so worth it. Everyone said it was beautiful, and the whole family really loved it.

It's apparently still hanging in his old bedroom at his family's house. Traditionally they're hung up outside, and just allowed to deteriorate with wind/water/whatever, so they say they're just gonna leave it up until it falls apart. I was really flattered.

clarinerd

bluejester wrote:It's funny and all, but the positioning of the arm of the thumb/flash drive by the water cooler made me think that he had weird hands and was flipping off the floppy. Maybe if the cup was lower from the nozzle?

Hmm, I didn't see it that way (I'm such an innocent little thing), but if I wind up with some spare time maybe I'll look at that. Hands can be so tricky...

rglee129

bluejester wrote:It's actually cool, artsy and brilliant all at once, but I didn't get it at first blush either, here is my attempt to break it down.

Every living thing in this design has a colored beam of light by it. The bird, the girl, the cat, even the bug has a distinct color shining in it. However, the bug and the cat are sedintary and the girl--who should be active and involved in life--is playing with the non-living electronic thing. But the robot, who apparently has no unique color because he is not "alive" is taking in the moment and admiring the bird, which is also the only other active "living" thing in this piece. (It beautifully contrats the girl's lack of taking part in life)

It's a bit of a heady shirt if my interpretation is right. It is totally on theme, and I will totally buy this and frame it if it wins.

Did I get it right Robbie?

Edit: I hope I don't sound snobbish, because it did take me a minute or two to realize that it was on theme, because at first I wasn't sure. But the more I look at it, the more I love it.

I really like the thought I put into this design. I give it an "A+." But I give the thought you put into this design an "A+++"

Honestly, the core of the design was what you described (living things with vertical beams of light, robot without one), and I just like the imagery of kids flying RC planes (probably after seeing Max Fischer fly one in "Rushmore"). Plus, the airplane works well since it's flying over (actually in the foreground of) images from Dresden ("Slaughterhouse Five" is based on KV's experiences as a solider dealing with the friebombings of Dresden). BUT the idea of the girl admiring a machine, while the robot is admiring life is really cool (although accidental). Still, I tell my art students to use cool imagery, and if compelling storylines or themes accidentally happen, then run with it!

megsck

genericsmith wrote:I don't think wanting the creature to have a viable way to hold it's weapons is trivial though.

Especially with the thumb nubbins at the top of the weapons... they'd just fall out of his hands.

I didn't say anything about wanting him to get less votes... I don't think I really complained either.

I apologize for annoying you... I don't usually rally against ramy that much (except maybe in the reckoning threads) and I really like your designs, so I'm a little sad you decided to rip into me. You could of at least picked the guy that just said he hated him... Jeez.

im sorry for making my comment seem directed to just you, im more annoyed at the whole thing, im tired of seeing tons of negative posts everytime ramby decides to enter a derby. im pretty sure he knows what some people think of him here so constantly saying it over and over i think is pointless. if his submissions have something valid to respond to, then fine, but just saying mean things is itself mean. there are always some designs in every derby that arnt top quality, but people dont go around tearing them apart. this site has different experience levels so you just have to put up with some submissions not being up to par. i feel that if you dont like it, just dont click on it. again sorry it felt i was picking you out specifically i dont have any negative feelings toward you, just toward the mob like mentality that ramby threads tend to turn into.

rglee129

@Boots, "Bluebeard" is great, but it's not as crazy and cool as some of his other sci-fi'ish stuff. Still, it's about an artist, so I think you'd like it. I've read it twice, and I liked it a lot more the second time.

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